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Subjects
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Relations, United States, History, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, Vietnam, history, United states, relations, foreign countries
Places
United States, Vietnam
Times
1945-1975

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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: VIETNAM: A PLACE AND A PEOPLE
THE LAND 1
THE FORGE OF HISTORY 4
THE FRENCH COLONIAL ERA 10
THE RISE OF VIETNAMFSE NATIONALISM 15
THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION 19
THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN INVOIVEMENT 23
THE AUGUST REVOLUTION 25
THE ELEPHANT AND THE TIGER
THE FRENCH RETURN 34
THE FRANCO-VIETMINH WAR 41
THE FRANCO-AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP 46
THE ROAD TO DIEN BIEN PHU 55
TO THE BRINK OF WAR 62
THE GENEVA SOLUTION 65
LESSONS 70
AN EXPERIMENT IN NATION
BUILDING
NGO DINH DIEM TAKES CHARGE 79
SOCIAL. REVOLUTION 89
BUILDING A NATION 94
THE Roors OF REVOLUTION 102
THE I AND OF A MILLION ELEPHANTS 109
A FAiLED EXPERIMENT 1 1
RAISING THE STAKES
COLD WAR CRISES 118
A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 126
SOCIAL REVOL.UTION IN THE SOUTH 129
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NGO DINH DIEM 137
A FAIIED PARTNERSHIP 146
AMERICA GOES TO WAR
THE SAME ONLY MORE 156
COUP SEASON 60
IN DUBIOUS BATILES 165
THE ELECTION OF 1964 1 74
ROLLING THUNDER 176
DAIILIAS AND GLADIOLl 185
DECISIONS TO WAGE AN AMERICAN WAAR 193
THE CHAIN OF THUNDERS
THE CONCEPT OF LIMITED WAR 205
WAR OF ATTRITION 209
SEARC I AND DESTROY 213
THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED THE WAR 215
A WIDER WAR 219
THUNDER FROM THE AIR 230
AERIAL ATTRITION WARFARE 237
THE OTHER WAR 241
DIPLOMATIC CHARADES 249
WAR AT HOME 253
THE YEAR OF THE
MONKEY
SURPRISE ATTACKI 273
POUTICAL CRISIS 285
JOHNSON AGONISTES 292
TI-E TELEVISED WAR 305
TALKING AND FIGI ITING 309
THE ELECTION OF 1968 319
A WAR TO END A WAR
NIXON AND KISSINGER 333
VIETNAMIZATION 337
AN ARMY IN DECLINE 353
WIDENING THE WAR: CAMBODIA 357
WIDENING THE WAR: LAOS 369
WAR WEARINESS 373
THE NGUYEN HUE OFFENSIVE 378
NEn'HER PEACE NOR HONOR 390
THE END OF THE TUNNEL
INDECENT INTERVAL 410
HOMECOMING 412
THE POSTWAR WAR 415
ENDGAME 421
AFr-ER TI-IE FALL 435
THIE WOUNDS WITHIN 440
THE SPECTRE OF VIETNAM 444
THE ENDLESS WAR 447
UNEASY REIATIONS 449
A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR
VIETNAMESE WORDS
TABLES
GLOSSARY
CHRONOLOGY OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT
IN VIETNAM, 1942-1975
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS 485
ARTCI .ES 510
DOCUMENTS 516
ARCHIVAL AND UNPUBLISHED
SOURCES 517
LITERATURE: POETRY, NOVELS, NOVELISTIC
MEMOIRS, NOVEFUSIlC JOURNALISM 518
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES AND TELEVISION
PROGRAMS 518
FILMS 519
VIETNAM WEBSITES 519
INDEX.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-520) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
959.704/3373
Library of Congress
DS557.7 .M66 2002, DS557.7.M66 2002

The Physical Object

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xiv, 529 p. :
Number of pages
529

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OL3948000M
Internet Archive
vietnamamericano00moss
ISBN 10
0130600334
LCCN
2001036433
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